open-vault/website/source/docs/auth/radius.html.md
Seth Vargo c5665920f6
Standardize on "auth method"
This removes all references I could find to:

- credential provider
- authentication backend
- authentication provider
- auth provider
- auth backend

in favor of the unified:

- auth method
2017-10-24 09:32:15 -04:00

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---
layout: "docs"
page_title: "RADIUS - Auth Methods"
sidebar_current: "docs-auth-radius"
description: |-
The "radius" auth method allows users to authenticate with Vault using an
existing RADIUS server.
---
# RADIUS Auth Method
The `radius` auth method allows users to authenticate with Vault using an
existing RADIUS server that accepts the PAP authentication scheme.
## Authentication
The default path is `/radius`. If this auth method was enabled at a different
path, specify `-path=/my-path` in the CLI.
### Via the CLI
```text
$ vault login -path=radius username=sethvargo
```
### Via the API
The default endpoint is `auth/radius/login`. If this auth method was enabled
at a different path, use that value instead of `radius`.
```shell
$ curl \
--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
--request POST \
--data '{"password": "..."}' \
https://vault.rocks/v1/auth/radius/login/sethvargo
```
The response will contain a token at `auth.client_token`:
```json
{
"auth": {
"client_token": "c4f280f6-fdb2-18eb-89d3-589e2e834cdb",
"policies": [
"admins"
],
"metadata": {
"username": "mitchellh"
}
}
}
```
## Configuration
### Via the CLI
1. Enable the radius auth method:
```text
$ vault auth enable radius
```
1. Configure connection details for your RADIUS server.
```text
$ vault write auth/radius/users/mitchellh policies=admins
```
For the complete list of configuration options, please see the API
documentation.
The above creates a new mapping for user "mitchellh" that will be associated
with the "admins" policy.
Alternatively, Vault can assign a configurable set of policies to any user
that successfully authenticates with the RADIUS server but has no explicit
mapping in the `users/` path. This is done through the
`unregistered_user_policies` configuration parameter.
## API
The RADIUS auth method has a full HTTP API. Please see the
[RADIUS Auth API](/api/auth/radius/index.html) for more
details.